《周易》水文化浅析

A Brief Discussion on Water Culture of Zhouyi

水是地球生命的起源之处,也是人类文明的重要组成部分,中华民族的传统文化也与之有密切的联系。水是所有生物生存所依赖的重要资源,人类很早就对水产生了认识,中国古代的五行说,更是把水排在了五行之首。在《周易》中,水就是其中的重要意象之一;通过"坎"、"困"、"涣"三卦为代表阐释《周易》的水文化。

Water is the origin of earth life, an important part of human civilization, and also has close connection with Chinese nation ＇ s traditional culture. Human were acquainted with water long ago because it was a resource that was vital to the existence of living things. Moreover, it heads the list of five elements theory in ancient China. Since water is one of the major image in Zhouyi, this paper explains the water culture of Zhouyi according to the three trigrams of “kan, “kun”, “huan”.